I just picked a random spot: 9:16 mark
Kind of shocked to just now hear the following: one,
original vocalist/belchist Joe Ptacek killed himself in 2010, and: two, Broken Hope
reformed two years ago and made something after fourteen years of not. A frontrunner
in image and back-burner in listenability, I was pleased with late 90’s outings
Loathing and Grotesque Blessings, both of which highlighted by great rhythm and
solo guitars and calculated, patient, smooth drumming, rising up from swamps of
gore and finally baring a skeletal formation of a distinct sound. Omen of Disease has discipline but no
personality, largely in part to a band fragmented by argument and tragedy, and
the inclusion of several new members, guitarist Jeremy Wagner the only original
shredder. Perhaps exciting on paper, more afterthought than reunion, death
metal played well for death metal, but with interchangeable names and men, and
distant memories of things that were coming together. At least it’s not the
old-old stuff. So sue me.
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